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Loving, Graceful Machines to Watch Your Chickens With

By Benjamin Chodoroff | Published: January 8, 2012
It’s gotten cold in Detroit again, and the chickens need the usual TLC: more food, more straw, heated water dispensers, and active heating inside the coop. In previous years we’ve used a single incandescent lightbulb to keep the coop at a hospitable temperature, but this year, we’re trying something different: we’ll use an infrared heat [...]
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Garden sensors: crow’s nest chicken coop thermometer

By Benjamin Chodoroff | Published: November 19, 2010
The chicken sensor is in full operation.
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Vote for FACT Social Justice Challenge projects!

By Benjamin Chodoroff | Published: October 12, 2010
The public voting period for this year’s FACT Social Justice Challenge ends this Friday!  Read about how to vote on projects — unfortunately it’s a bit complicated.  I should’ve written up a grant to improve their website. There are two interesting Detroit projects, as well as a few other cool ones, that I would like to [...]
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GSM hijacking + VoIP + community wifi

By Benjamin Chodoroff | Published: August 1, 2010
Via HN: Chris Paget demonstrated a nifty little GSM hijacking device at Defcon: with a directional antenna and some clever OpenBTS-based software, he was able to provide an irresistably-strong signal for cellphones, which would switch off call encryption and then trunk the call onto a VoIP network. Sure, this is awesome for espionage, playing jokes on [...]
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Detroit mesh networks – pwning our internet infrastructure irrigation pathways

By Benjamin Chodoroff | Published: December 24, 2009
Detroit’s first wireless mesh networks are imminent: I am patiently awaiting the arrival of a slew of Foneras and open-mesh pro routers! I’m currently researching the procedure to jailbreak foneras. It’s been well-documented by CUWiN and also pauldotcom.  I was hoping to have some fun soldering things, but it looks like that won’t be [...]
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